You're helping to prove my theory that the complaint 'X wants to have their cake and eat it too' is only used by twats.

It's the AV Club. If in doubt, it's a Simpsons quote.

I think he was fully deserving for The Theory of Everything. But his other performances (that I've seen) have been not so good. I guess once you've won the big prize, why try?

I'd say she's in the right on all of those issues. But it's arguable that these days she's more concerned with politics and being a Twitter celebrity than telling stories.

Yeah, 'worldbuilding' is overrated. As you say, George R. R. Martin put a great deal of effort into it, but even so there are dozens of websites dedicated to picking Westeros apart and explaining how bits of it don't make sense. All a writer should really focus on is creating a setting that readers find compelling and…

That mini-chapter was maybe my favourite bit of the books. I'd have loved more about the interaction of the magical and real worlds, which I guess we're getting from this movie. But it wasn't the story Rowling wanted to tell, and judging by the reviews for Fantastic Beasts, that may have been for good reason.

At the cost of losing Bill Nighy (and his random Welsh accent)? Never!

I'll go to bat for Half-Blood Prince for Jim Broadbent alone, who made the slightly silly character of Horace Slughorn into one of the most sympathetic characters in the series.

I just assume each movie was set in the year it was released. Which makes no sense chronologically, but is about as much thought as the writers put into it.

As fans like to say, Neville would have done it in four books.

The bit where they get attacked by Nagini hiding in the body of the old woman (Bathilda Bagshot?) may be the creepiest and scariest moment in the entire series. The scene doesn't even serve any purpose but to add to the general sense of horror and despair.

I've been to the Studio Tour near London, which doesn't have rollercoasters but does have the original sets, and is a pretty fun experience. The butterbeer, though, is okay at best.

These comments have decisively put me off ever reading Catcher in the Rye… though at least it must be shorter than OOTP. Nothing could be longer.

That was also true of the book, if not much more so.

The stage play, The Cursed Child, has a lot of flaws, but one thing that works well is that it really fleshes out the relationship between Harry and Ginny and makes them feel more of a plausible couple.

I can't be the only one who enjoyed the terrible, awkward teen romance. Half-Blood Prince is one of my favourites for that reason. To each their own. :)

Reminds me of my all-time favourite spaceship name from science fiction, the 'Icarus 2' from Danny Boyle's Sunshine. Nothing foreboding about that!

It's kind of ironic that a live-action(ish) film can look flatter than a cartoon.

All I can think of is, Emma Watson must be so fucking sick of greenscreens by now…

I remember when people were joking that 'Bowie jumped because he didn't want to live in a Trump-ruled America'. Ah, good times…